April 18, 2017 Issue 31

President's Message
The Affordable Care Act, Five Years Later 

Seven years after it was passed, and five years after it was implemented, the Affordable Care Act is facing changes with the new administration. Let's look back at its goal to improve access to health care. 

 
A Novel and Convenient Approach to Putting
Out the Cigarette 

University of Kentucky second year medical school students Liz Mirsky and Sreeja Sanampudi, 2016 Medical Student Outreach and Leadership Program graduates, have helped people quit smoking, thanks to their involvement in the Salvation Army Stop Smoking Support Group in Lexington. They encourage physicians to suggest this program to their patients. 
 
 
Gabapentin to Become Schedule 5 Controlled Substance 

Gabapentin will become a Schedule 5 controlled substance in Kentucky effective July 1, 2017. The Drug Enforcement and Professional Practices Branch of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services has prepared a fact sheet with general information about the change.


Elections to Take Place at Annual Meeting

KMA officers and trustees for the 2017-2018 Association year will be elected by the KMA House of Delegates at its meeting, Sunday, Aug. 27, during the KMA Annual Meeting at the Hyatt Downtown Louisville.  Click here for a list of positions to be filled.  Email  parks@kyma.org to submit a nomination. 

KPPAC 100 Leaders Effect Positive Advocacy Outcomes

John White, M.D., and Bruce Burton, M.D., know
there's strength in numbers. As the highest contributor and fundraiser last year, respectively, to the Kentucky Physicians Political Action Committee (KPPAC), both physicians are adamant in their support to make physician voices heard in the election of pro-medicine candidates to the Kentucky General Assembly.
John R. White, M.D.,
FCCP, FAASM, 
 Lexington
Bruce Burton, M.D.,
Owensboro 
KMA Endorses Epic Insurance Solutions

K MA has entered into a new endorsement agreement with Epic Insurance Solutions, an independent insurance company that covers the traditional individual and family markets, but also carries medical malpractice and other types of business insurance. Epic was the first agency in Kentucky to represent MagMutual Insurance Company, the exclusive insurer of KMA members for medical professional liability insurance.
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Member News
Sutton Honored by National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable

KMA member Erica Sutton, M.D., assistant professor and director of community engagement for the University of Louisville Department of Surgery, was honored for her efforts in colorectal cancer prevention (see page two).
 
Berry Joins
Norton Healthcare

KMA member Philip Berry, M.D., joined Norton Community Medical Associates-Endocrinology in Louisville.


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